Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-02-04
TIE INNUEST.


Edward Unger, the murderer OF
August BOhle, whose body was
found last week in trunk shipped
to this city from New York, has
made a full confession ofthe killing.
A despatch from New York recelv-
ed last night says: "Unger was ar
rested on Thursday last and after
being a short time locked in his cell
he was brought before Inspector
Byrnes. In the room was a table
on which had been placed the ham
mer with which BOhlc was killed,
the knife and saw nSed to cut MP
the body and the rubber cloth in
which the body was wrapped alter
the killing. The chair upon which
Unger seated himself was so ar.
ranged that he could see little else
in the room save the bloody wcap-
ons. He was asked if he wished to
say ANYTHING. He shook his head,
but suddenly said 'B0hlc has
gone to Chicago and will turn mp
in few days
The Inspector was sitting at the
table. He had the bloody hammer
in his hand, and carelessly asked
Unger what he meant by that
But Unger would say nothing fur
Their then. The sight OF the insirn-
ments on the table seemed not to
affect him, and the chief OF detec-
tives deemed the man stnbborn.-
Inspector Byrnes concluded to say
no more to him at the time, but TO
confront him soon, and at inter
walls, with people he knew, ana also
to confront him frequently with
evidences OF the killing. Mrs.
Slegel, wife of the Brooklyn sau-
sare.maker. was brought to identl-
fy Unger. He was much surprised
to see her, but was not allowed to
talk. On Friday he was identified
by Mrs. Bense, the Br0oklyn Sd
loon. keepers wife whose husband
stored the trunk for Jngcr while
the latter sought an eXpressman.
Every time Unger left his cell he
was confronted by some evidence
of the crime of which he was be-
lieved to be the author. \ detective
watched constantly at the door OF
the cell in which Unger was con-
fined, but under strict orders not
to respond if the prisoner attempt
ed conversation, which he did at
times. Being brought many times
before Inspector Byrnes and his
own acquaintance, without being
allowed to talk, at length rendered
Unger irritable and nervous. Fri
day afternoon Byrnes took the
hammer, saw, knife and rubber
cloth to UngeTs cell and asked II
he had not seen them bcfOrc-in a
manner as though Unger had not
been half a dozen times confronted
with them. Unger was startled,
but said he had never before seen
the bloody tokens. Then he was
taken to court and remanded, and
on the way back remarked to In
spectOr Byrnes: "IOu are trying
to hang me-"
THE MURDERER MORTIFIED.
The trunk with the body arrived
from Baltimore Saturday. The
body was sent to the morguc. That
night Byrnes went TO UngeI'S cell
and asked him how he felt.
"Pretty well" said he, huskily.
Then the inspector unlocked the
cell door, and Detective Hickey
called Unger into the corridor,
where the lights were turned low.
The prisoner stepped forth, but did
not see the inspector until the lat
ter called him by name. As he
turned, he saw Byrnes standing
and pointing at the trunk which
had held Bodies dead body. I'm
ger staggered at the sight, and tot
tered toward his cell. Byrnes then
took from the trunk a piece Of the
murdered man $ coat, which had
been used to wrap the body, and,
holding it before the prisoners
eyes, asked him where the rest of
Bodies coat was. Unger shuddered
at sight of the blood.stillened gar
ment, and, clasping his hands over
his eyes, was about to fall, when
Detective Hickey caught him and
seated him upon couch in the
corridor. lie sat down upon 1t,
and removing his hands, glanced
about him.
Suddenly, and with a startled
groan, he sprang to his feet, asking
if he could change his seat, and
taking a prOiiered chair. The sofa
on which he had been seated was
the one found in UugeTs room
after his arrest. Ungprs face be-
came CHASTITY pale, and when as
sisted to his cell he was almost IN
n fainting condition.
Inspector Byrnes then told Tn
ger he would be near at hand wlen
he was ready to talk, and when the
Inspector returned from supper
Unger had asked to see HIM. Again
Unger was brought to ByrneS
room, where all the bloody tokens
confronted him.
A FEARFUL STORY.